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Can-do attitude moves from oil production to carbon capture as Jim Carter takes on greenhouse gas

As the premier who launched the province’s modern industrial era, Alberta political icon Peter Lougheed set its tone by often dividing humanity into two classes — “doers” and “critics,” he called them. Most Albertans, he repeatedly told the legislature and election rallies, are doers as opposed to a critic minority that he branded “the Toronto-NDP crowd.”
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Blowing In The Wind

May 01, 2009 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: 1 Comment →

The answer might be, but wind power still has several hurdles to clear (more…)

Scholars in Harness

May 01, 2009 Category: Alternative Energy, Environment Tags: , , , , , , , , , No Comments →

Clean energy technologies become a greater focus for top brains (more…)

Minister’s Outlook

April 01, 2009 Category: Alternative Energy, Policy Tags: , No Comments →

Full ahead on oil, but many unanswered questions about atomic power (more…)

Second Time Around

April 01, 2009 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: , No Comments →

New plans for a nuclear plant are greeted with cautious optimism (more…)

A Clean Sweep

April 01, 2009 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: , , , No Comments →

Estevan power plant is a breakthrough foray into clean coal (more…)

The Greenhouse Gas Czar

December 01, 2008 Category: Alternative Energy, Environment, People, Policy, Services Tags: , , , , , No Comments →

Can-do attitude moves from oil production to carbon capture as Jim Carter takes on greenhouse gas

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Reinventing Power Plays

November 01, 2008 Category: Alternative Energy, Policy Tags: , , , , 1 Comment →

Does Calgary’s lead in powering Alberta spell the end of coal?

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Omen For Oil Sands

September 16, 2008 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , No Comments →

Strict new green standards for power stations are on the horizon (more…)

Near-Term Power Generation

July 04, 2007 Category: Alternative Energy, Policy Tags: , No Comments →

A Reality Check (more…)

Alternate Energies 101

July 01, 2007 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: , , No Comments →

With the days of cheap fossil fuels long gone, many of us look for ways to spend less on energy – what is commonly known as the “demand” response. But high fossil fuel prices are also causing a number of equally important “supply” responses in the form of alternative sources of energy. As with everything else in the world, when one thing gets too expensive we start looking for alternatives: the same holds true for energy. (more…)

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